Pacman Operations

Manage pacman packages. (Arch Linux package manager)

Facts used in these operations: pacman.PacmanPackages, pacman.PacmanUnpackGroup.

pacman.packages

Add/remove pacman packages.

pacman.packages(packages: str | list[str] | None=None, present=True, update=False, upgrade=False, **kwargs)

packages**: list of packages to ensure present**: whether the packages should be installed update**: run pacman -Sy before installing packages upgrade**: run pacman -Su before installing packages

ions: Package versions can be pinned like pacman: <pkg>=<version>.

ample:**

ode:: python

pacman.packages(

name=”Install Vim and a plugin”, packages=[“vim-fugitive”, “vim”], update=True,

) Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

pacman.update

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Updates pacman repositories.

pacman.update(**kwargs)

Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

pacman.upgrade

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Upgrades all pacman packages.

pacman.upgrade(**kwargs)

Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.